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Residence is now open, with its first-chef-in-residence, serving a nostalgia-fuelled menu.

Start with ‘tea’, end with tart: A cheat sheet to Melbourne’s most exciting gallery restaurant

The Potter Museum of Art’s new diner was built to have a new chef-in-residence every year. The first cab off the rank is an ex-Vue de Monde chef.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Steak frites.

Middle Park European

An elevated Eurocentric bistro and wine bar by the Tartine team.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Cake and vanilla labne.

Napier Quarter

This cafe is a finalist in the best all-rounder category in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

The renovation was painstaking in its attention to detail.
Good Food hat15.5/20

How does Randwick’s reborn and retro-fabulous 40-year-old institution rate with regulars?

The much-loved Hungarian restaurant is one of Sydney’s hottest dining tickets of the year, with noise levels and hard-to-nab reservations to prove it.

  • Myffy Rigby
The spacious tavern is great for groups.
14.5/20

This city laneway favourite has fed up to 650 diners a night since 1968. Is it on your radar?

I was doubtful about this boisterous beer-hall in Chinatown, but I’ve been disarmed and charmed, writes Dani Valent.

  • Dani Valent
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Lunch at Sebastian comes with water views.

Sebastian Beach Grill & Bar

A seaside portal to any European destination you fancy.

Sophisticated dining at Punch Lane in Melbourne’s CBD.
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Punch Lane

If sophisti-casual was a word, this place would define it.

Prawn toast joins the snack-heavy menu at 81 Bay, the wine bar next to Baix.

Baix & 81 Bay

Ian Curley’s luxe Brighton restaurant and wine bar.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Pinotta is a Fitzroy North favourite.

It’s the end of an era for a much-loved, recently hatted Fitzroy North bistro

It’s the final weeks of a 14-year-old favourite that’s in its “golden period”. And what could come next equals a big change in direction.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Paccheri with sausage, porcini and cavolo nero ragu.

Decca

An 80-seat restaurant and wine bar with a “loosely Italian” menu.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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